Enock Mwepu

WHAT HAPPENED? The midfielder moved to England from Red Bull Salzburg in summer 2021 and has taken in 27 appearances for the Seagulls, scoring three goals.

Whether the Zambian will be handed a backroom role remains to be seen. Mwepu will now be following Brighton’s exploits from afar, with a positive start to the 2022-23 campaign seeing them occupy seventh spot in the Premier League table. "This is however not the end of my involvement with football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity. "He stood strong to follow his dream of playing football at the highest level, and by the grace of God he lived his dream by reaching the Premier League. As a club we will give him all the love, help and support we possibly can to make a full recovery, and then as he decides on the next steps in his life.” AND WHAT'S MORE: Mwepu released a statement of his own, thanking those who helped him achieve his dream: "A boy from a small Zambian township called Chambishi has some news to share," he began.

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu dey forced to retire from football for di age of 24 because of hereditary heart condition.

Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen also undergo ICD fitted afta im suffer cardiac arrest as e bin dey play for Denmark for Euro 2020. Mwepu do test on im return to England and Brighton tok say di results mean say di "only option" na for am to retire. "Sadly, dis fit worst more-more by playing sport so dem advise Enock say di only option, for di sake of im own safety, na for am to stop playing football."

The 24-year-old fell ill while on a flight to link up with his Zambia teammates in the international break last month and returned to Brighton to undergo ...

This is not the end of my involvement in football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity." "I am so sorry for Enock," Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi said. "Before I arrived I looked at all the squad, and he was a player I was so excited and looking forward to working with. The 24-year-old fell ill while on a flight to link up with his Zambia teammates in the international break last month and returned to Brighton to undergo further cardiac tests after a period in hospital in Mali. "As a club we will give him all the love, help and support we possibly can to make a full recovery, and then as he decides on the next steps in his life." "He stood strong to follow his dream of playing football at the highest level and by the grace of God he lived his dream by reaching the Premier League.

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to retire at the age of 24 as a result of the diagnosis of a hereditary heart condition.

He is a fantastic person and whatever he does, he will succeed in his life. It’s been put into perspective by the shock and the sadness of Mwepu being forced to retire at the age of 24 with a hereditary heart condition. I think he has been lucky in as much as he is alive and well.